How do you remove nail polish from clothes?

Answer 1

This is quite a tough thing to do-and sometimes it is unsuccessful-but I suggest putting a LITTLE BIT of nailpolish remover onto the spot and gently rubbing with a damp cloth [NOT PAPERTOWEL OR A COTTEN BALL]. After you do this, the spot should become faded-immediately wash the piece of clothing and repeat the process. I've done this with a black band shirt of mine and all the [white] nailpolish spots came out with no discoloration to my shirt. PS: DON'T OVERDO IT ON THE NAILPOLISH REMOVER-I KNOW YOU WANT THE SPOT OUT BUT TOO MUCH WILL JUST FURTHER DAMAGE YOUR SHIRT. good luck

Answer 2

• Depending on the color of the clothing, try nail polish remover if it doesn't come out soak the stained are in the polish remover for a minute or two and then machine wash.

• It depends on the material. If it's some of the synthetics you're out of luck. You can try a little acetone. If that doesn't eat the material you should be able to pull most of the polish out. If that doesn't work, you can try a little paint stripper, but again, that might eat the material. Good luck.

• After testing for colorfastness on a hidden spot, sponge over the stain with pure acetone, available at beauty-supply shops and drugstores. Then launder the shirt as you normally would. Never use acetone on fabrics that contain triacetate or acetate (check care labels), because it can dissolve the cloth. For those, use amyl acetate, available at drugstores.

• Try bug spray, Off Skintastic, Motsenbocker's Lift Off #3, or a can of acetone (and some Oxy Clean for washing afterward). I tried the bug repellent on one spot of the comforter and then Motsenbocker's on another. The bug repellent seemed to lighten the stain, but the Motsenbocker's was actually LIFTING the stain off of the fabric, so they switched to that. they had to spray, blot, and rub the spot with a soft-bristled toothbrush about 25-30 times, but IT COMPLETELY CAME OUT.If you use Motsenbocker's make sure you have a towel or something absorbent under whatever you are cleaning to catch the stain dripping through from the other side! if this doesn't work try the bug spray!!

• Use OFF!, Aeroguard or a similar bug/insect repellent - Place some paper towel under the stain or between layers of fabric if treating clothing. Spray well onto the stain and then brush stain to loosen and lift it with a soft toothbrush or something similar, spray again and repeat. It takes a little while. the stain can be dabbed with damp paper towel in between however this will remove dried nail polish without staining. Weird but true!

• Try and remove with acetone then wash as normal

• Soak Item In Plenty Of Polish Remover Until Clean or Just Saturate That Area With Polish Remover.someone had put a bottle of fingernail polish their cart at Wal-Mart and when we were going through the store, it fell out and broke and this melon colored polish splattered on her black Ugg boots and all over the lower leg of my expensive jeans....they read the answer on here about bug spray and used OFF SKINTASTIC and a fingernail brush... they saturated the areas and let set for about 10 minutes, used the brush to scrub it and it all came off.

Answer 3

well what you don't want to do is use nail polish remover. 1-it doesn't work and 2-it might stain your clothes when you wash it. You should use bug spray. Any bug spray is ok. You see, i was painting my nails purple(M-A-C brand) and i had dropped it on my new Juicy Couture shirt and my new IT! jeans. i was in a panic so i went to the bathroom and tried water and soap-nothing! so i used OFF! bug spray and it took out the stain. It worked better the 2nd day(when my shirt and jeans were dry from water) because the clothes were dry.

Answer 4

first get a bug spray wipe then put nail polish remover on it than wipe if it does not come off all the way then you can wash it and that should do it

Answer 5

Given that nail polish remover is rather volatile stuff, I would imagine it would just evaporate out. You didn't mention if it was acetone based. Is it?